Sisters shouldn't sneer at each otherI was deeply irritated with Jill Parkin's sneering attitude in her article (Why I won't sell body and soul, 27 April). While I respect her right not to write confessionals about body hatred, masturbation, or battles with alcoholism, I can't help but feel annoyed at her hypocrisy in judging women writers who do, when criticising the public "at its misogynistic best: judgmental, vitriolic and gleeful at being given a chance to hate".

Speaking as a women who has written about my struggle to accept my body (Stop assuming, start listening, in Disability Now), I ask what right Parkin thinks she has to judge women who write about intimate parts of their lives? Perhaps they are "self-mutilating", or perhaps they are cathartic exercises that help others. Not all "soul-baring confessionals" are about "making women feel bad about themselves". In any event, what happened to a woman's right to choose? I "feel polluted" just reading this woman rubbish her sisterhood. Shanta Everington Ilford, Essex

Why not Wilmington?Following on from your piece last week asking who should run the British Press awards (Question of the Week, 27 April), it's worth noting that the awards has been run successfully by Wilmington for the last few years and there is no reason to believe they won't be able to continue to do so.

Under the terms of Progressive Media's purchase of Press Gazette in April, the magazine will continue to be closely associated with the event, as it has been for the last 20-odd years.Dominic Ponsford editor, Press Gazette

No longer a family affairFollowing last week's announcement (Press allowed access to secretive family courts for the first time, main paper, 28 April) of the decision that the press will be allowed entry into family courts, I strongly believe that this is setting a dangerous precedent. While in some rare child protection cases the public interest outweighs the privacy of the family, in most cases there is no merit in allowing the media to pick through the remains of broken relationships, especially where children are concerned.

It is my belief that this decision will only serve to further invade the privacy afforded by our family court system and fuel the fire of our celebrity-obsessed culture.

Should we not be more concerned about the long-term effect of allowing the press into the courts on those children who survive the painful repercussions of divorce? John Randle partner, Lester Aldridge LLP law firm

Dyke's in his own leagueGiven Greg Dyke's success in leading Brentford FC to the League Two championship this season, I was surprised that your article on Michael Grade's successor (Failing to make the Grade, 27 April) failed to mention his name as a possible successor.

His experience at Griffin Park this season must have given him great insights into winning against the odds ...Peter Crumpler St Albans, Herts